Happy Birthday to Bailey and her siblings.

Bailey is 1 years old today.  This means she will be in Junior classes for a time now at shows.

We are having a break from shows as we have mentoring to do in different breeds.  But we will be back next Spring for Champ shows and we are waiting for the pets passport to come back and we will start travelling to shows in Europe again. 

We do endeavour to enter some open shows with Jango however. 
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Thank you to everyone who has supported me over the years in my judging.  The Kennel club have notified me that I am now on the A3 list and can give Challenge Certificates in Hungarian Vizsla.  I am now known as a Hungarian Vizsla breed specialist.  You can only be a breed specialist when you have achieved this judging status.  I was put on the A3 list by the Hungarian Vizsla Society before the KC.  I would like to thank everyone who helped me over the years. Mentored me and showed me the finer points of the Vizsla.  Im proud to of achieved this.  

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My educational posts are just because over 30 years of being in this dog industry as they call it, which is showing dogs, having a big interest in health, behaviour and my learning.  I love to share what I have learnt with you.  There are so many breeders who just breed and sell and thats about it, and they have no interest in the mechanics or health or welfare of the breed.
Sometimes I will talk about just care of your dog and sometimes I will go into more in-depth aspects of health which is seen in all dog breeds. 
But when you are interested it opens up possibilities to guide your breeding into the right aspects of behaviour, welfare and health.  

I recently learnt I have ADHD and this is probably why my brain works so fast and I see things that others just do not see.  We knew my daughter had Autism and its in the family but neuro spicy brains can over think, work out solutions. Im never saying Im clever but I just sit and over think it to a point where I understand it.  Im not happy with mrs Jones on the internet saying she thinks it's like this.  I want to know well is their any science backing this statement.  Is their research, is their evidence. 

If I pull up a subject to talk about it I can tell you it's not because ive seen it in my own dogs. It's because Ive read it online, chose to study it.  Like CPD I talked about yesterday.  Ive not had one of my own Vizsla with it, but we saw it in a Pug. But then when I looked into it, tons of cross breeds and pedigrees are seeing it. This then got my interest because it's fascinating.  Yes I should have gone back in time and became a vet but I never had the opportunities as a child to go on for more learning with my family.  I had little choices in life but over time I made my own way.  I now encourage young people when I see them with interests and Im mentoring one young lady who's 16 and has a passion for dogs, extremely clever and I can see in her endless possibilities for her future.  She should go into the dog industry for sure.  Her parents are also so supportive it's lovely to see.  Let's be kind is my motto and if someone asks for help lets guide them towards the right professionals. 

One interesting thing Im now researching is the HARD EYE.   There is a link to Epilepsy with hard eye dogs and that is the Vizsla.  I need to find some more science on it. Im speaking to a behaviour specialist who first told me about this and I just want to know more and more.  Is it to do with the brain being over focused on prey that can genetically cause Epilepsy.  what an interesting fact.  So come back when Ive done my research.  I love to learn and hopefully I can educate others through my learning.  I seem to be getting quite the following on social media and here for my ramblings as I call it. 

CPD for short is a condition seen in loads of dog breeds across the board.  I recently joined a FB group on it to learn more about it as I had heard about it but I wanted to know and learn as much as possible.  We saw it years ago in a Pug when she got stressed.  We did not even know she had it until she was about 3 1/2.  She would sit back on her back legs and sway rocking, and she was not fitting but looked drunk is the best way to describe it.  

It's caused by stress or by over exercise to the muscles.  

Some vets have not seen it or heard of it.  So if you get a vet that has not you may be in for a lot of testing first.  It's often best to ask for a referral and get the money spent with a specialist over your vet if you have a small limit on insurance.  

Some vets will misdiagnose as epilepsy. 


As far as Im aware there is no known cure for it, but management. If you know your dog is going to be stressed by going in kennels, or change of environment try to minimise its stress factors.  If it is because you've done a 10 mile hike, dont.! 

Management means trying to minimise the cause.  

What should you do in these situations?  Make sure if you have other dogs that you put them out of the way.  Leave the dog alone to get over the episode.  Make sure no sharp objects close by in case they fall.   Wait it out.  Put some blankets around the dog so if they go down it's comfy.  The moment it ends the dog will jump up and carry on like it's never had a thing wrong with it.   They can last a minute to 10 minutes.  Your vet will advise on action going forward. They will first suggest an MRI scan to out rule any tumours or anything else it could be. 
Once you have a diagnosis you can carry on as you always have done. 

Now toxins can have the same effect on a dog. The side effects of poisonous flea and wormers.  Read your product information leaflet and if it says "May cause Neurological damage", do not give it again and go holistic.  Remember you can worm count with www.wormcount.co.uk or www.feclab.co.uk. I prefer Feclab because they are £1 cheaper than worm count ha ha.   Add into foods things which parasites do not like.  I will write a blog on this for you.   Just minimise all toxins form your dogs body.  Because sometimes its enough to cure issues your dogs having. 

Hope that helps.  I try to share what I can.